[217] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of Chancery, c 1824-26

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Reference number

SM Vol 49/7

Purpose

[217] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of Chancery, c 1824-26

Aspect

Section through the passage leading to the Lobby of the Court of Chancery from The Stone Building, as executed

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Lobby Court of Chan[cer]^y dimensions given

Signed and dated

c 1824-26

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, on wove paper bound in volume (211 x 275)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Notes

The plan cover two adjacent leaves and is numbered as two sheets (SM Vol 49/6 and SM Vol 49/7). For ease and consistency of reference it is catalogued here in accordance with this pagination.

The section covers the linking bay at the western side of the Court of Chancery, which served as a Lobby for the Courtroom. It joined the latter to the south-eastern corner of the central block of The Stone Building, allowing for direct access to this Court from its designated entrance on the St Margaret's Street façade. The stairs shown in elevation led to the narrow passage between the Lord Chancellor's Room and the room for his attendants. Projecting above this into the Courtroom's gallery.

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Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation. This catalogue of Soane’s designs for the New Law Courts was generously funded by The Worshipful Company of Mercers and The Pilgrim Trust.

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